Machine for sealing bottles.



A. A. ROSENGRBN. ,MAGHINE PoR SBALINGy BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOVA, 1911. 1,081,931` Patented Deo. 16, 1913.

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APPLIUATION FILED HDV. 4, 1911.

1,081,931.v Patented De0.16,'1913.

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A. A. ROSENGREN.

MAGHINB POR SBALING BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOVA, 1911.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

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A. A. ROSENGREN.

v MACHINE PoR SBALING BOTTLES.

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Patented Dec. 16, 1913.

Al A. ROSENGRBN. MACHINE FOR SBALING BOTTLES. APPLICATION IILIID Nov. 4, 1911.

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'IVIVACHINE 'FOR SEALING' BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Doc. 16, 1913.

Application filed November 4, 1911. Serial No. 658,457.

To all whom it 'may concer/t B'e it known that I, NDnns ANnnnssoN RosENonnN, a subject of the King of Sweden, and resident oit' 8G Sodra Frstadsgatan, Malmo, in the Kingdom of Sweden, have inf vented certain new and use'lul Improvements in Machines for Sealing Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention relates'to machiliesl for applying sealing capsules to bottles and the like, and refers particularly to a type of such machine wherein jaws or similar` members movable toward and from each other, and which form part of the ,actuating means for a compressible rubber ring b which the caps are sealed' on the bottles. T ie blanks of which the capsules are formed are obtained by punching them out from a band, a plate, or the like. The capsules may be of a single thickness or 'of a plurality of thicknesses; in the latter case the capsule blanks are punched outI from two or more bands superimposed so as to form one band.

The feature which chiefly characterizes the present invention is that the tool, by means of which the capsule blanks are punched out from the band, isoperated as a consequence of the movement of the jaws above referred to The ,punching tool may preferably be provided with inclined sur- Jfaces, whichveoact with beveled portions ci inclined surfaces arranged on the said jaws, the arrangementV being.;v such that., 'for instance, when the said jaws move toward cach other, their inclined surfaces act upon the inclined surfaces of the punchingy tool in such a manner that the latter is moved andpunches out a capsule blank..

Machines constructed in accordance with the present invention may be provided with a contrivance placed `in front of the pnnch ingry tool in the direction oli movernent'of the blank band and intended for stamping or otherwise producing in the band or those parts thereof, which are designed to form capsule blanks, desi-redinformation, such as designation of origin, description of contents,`and a certain date, and, if desired', to provide the band, or the capsule blanks, with rows of holes or other weakening lines along which the capsules are opened. The stamping and perforating contrivafncev may also serve to feed forwardthe band toward the punching-out tool.

ln the accompanying drawings which are illustrative of a machine embodyingr a preferred i'orm of the invention. Figure 1 is a front elevational view of my invention; Fig. 2, is a sectional side elevation thereof; Fig, 3, is a plan view; Figs. f1 and 5 are scr-tional views at right angles` to each other showing' the upper part of the machine; Fig. (3 is an elevational view of a cam used for operating jaws which actuate the punchinpr lool; Fig'. 7 is a bottom plan View of the punching' tool; Fig. S is a vcrtical sectional View of mechanism for stamping;r and perfor-ating strips or hands; and Fig. 9 is a fragment of a band out of which capsules are punched. Fig. 10 is a horizontal sectional view of the sealing head of the machine; and Fig. ll is a, view similar to Fig. 5 but showing the parts in a differenty position.

The frame of theI machine consists of a base l, a vertical standard L), an arm )roe jecting from the upper part of the stam ard and a head 'l, which is carried by the free end ot' the arm 3. rI`he standard Q is lurnished with an opening in which there is a vertically movable block 5, provided with side pieces', which are located in vertical grooves T, arranged in the standard 2, the walls of said grooves 7 serving as guides for the side pieces of the block 5 during' its movement in a vertical direction. lnthe lower part of 1the block 5 is fixed a nonrotatal'ile screw spindle S, which passes throughvthe upper part of the base 1, and ou which screw spindle S is fitted a hand wheel 9, by the revolution of which the block 5 can be raised or lowered. In the block is lmouifted a non-rotating'shaft l0, which carries a pulley 11, 'an idler, and ra toothed wheel 13, which latter is firmly attached to the pulley. hiforeover. in the block is journaleda rotaia-ble shaft l-Ll. at one end of which is fixed atoothed wheel 15, which is in engagement with the toothed wheel 1S, while at the other end ot' the shaft 14 is fixed a cam 16, against which rests a roller 17, mounted on the under side of a support 18 for' the vbottles lto which the capsules are to be applied. From the support 18 projectarms 19, at their free ends furnished lo 1 tles are placed when they are put on the sup- As the shield is. thus ad-L with sleeves 20, which surround rods 21` Vattached to the standard 2 and the arm 3,

's aidrods 21- serving as guides for the lsupport 18, when the latten moves 'in a vvertical direction, which .mo-vement is caused by the cam 16. ln the support 18 is ]ourna'led .a

.screw spindle 22, vwhich passes -through 'ay slide' 23 movable horizontally in the support, the slide 23 being provided on its upper side with a shield 24, against which'the bot'- port for sealing. justable, the bottles, no matterw'hat4 their diameter is, can always be properly positioned on the support, i. e. so that the aXis of each bottle coincides with the axis of the sealing tool, with which latter axis the axis of thepunching tool coincides. The machine is adjusted at different times with regard to the height of the bottles, by raising 1 or lowering the block 5 with the aid of. the

, hand wheel 9, so that the heads of the b ottles Vwill be at the proper height, when the sealingltakes place. i

'In the machine frame is journaled a vertioaxl shaft 25, .surrounded by a worm wheel 26, .which is joined to the shaft 25 in such a manner that it can be displaced along the shaft, but not turned on-the same by means of a groove arranged in the shaft and a pin xedr'to the worm ,wheel and entering the groove. The worm wheel 26, which is l j placed between ears or the like on the block 5, so that it is displaced on the shaft 25, when the block israised or lowered, .meshes with a'worm wheel 27, fixedto theshaft14 carrying` the V'toothed wheel 15, so that, when the pulley 11 is rotated, the shaft 25 rotates after described: 1n the vici-nityof the gear Avwheel'3tl.' I

Mounted in a cavity -in the head 4 is a with it, no matter what the heightA of the block 5 and the support 18 is. y

At the upper end of the shaft -25 is atvtached gear Wheel-'28, which meshes with a gear 29this gear'belng-more 'fully hereinwheel 28 the" shaft/25. carries a worm pair of jaws, 'eachcomposed of a lower plate 31 and anupperplate 32. Thejaws which are movable toward and from each other,l

4 are of rectangular form, and the upper and vlower plates of each. jaw are integral. The upper plates 32 are providedwit-h beveledor inclined 'portions 33. designed to vengage correspondingly inclined portions 33? formed'on a compressor member 34, andthe lower platesare provided withbev'eled'r or inclined portions designed to engage correspondingly inclined portions 44a on the punching tube40, as more fullyhereinafter explained. The jawsform part'ofthe means for actuating the compressor 34 and the punching tube 40. The compressor 34 is .reciprocable in and guided byv a socketv 35- positioned between the .upper and lower jaw nuancer members 31 and 32, andbetween the under facefof the compressorl '34 and the. upper face of a shoulder formed at the bottom of .thelsoc'ket 35 is 'arranged a rubber ring`36,

within the rubber ring 36. For this'purpose the circumference of the cam 16 between the ,points-u and b is bent along a constant ra,-4 dius, one endl of which coincides with `the axisof the shaft 14. v 85.` As has been mentioned above', thel capsules' in the present case may comprise several thicknesses, each capsule consisting of an outer metallic part, made, for instance, of aluminium, and an inner'part', consisting of parchment paper orthelike.v A. practically perfect seal is .thus obtained," which prevents ,the-escape of-carbonic acid from the bottles,pwhen their contents consist of a'erated water or beer. rllhe material for forming the capsules is obtained from two spools or reels 37 and 38, which are carried yby the .upper part of themachine frame; the bandsy which are uni-oiled from these spools are'.`

superimposed to form a singleA band 39, outv of whichthe capsule blanks are punched. The Apunching of the capsule blanks from the band 39. is e'ected with the aid of a punching tube-'46, the lower part, of which forms a' cutting orpunching edge. The

105 punching tube 'is partly within and partly.

above a part 41, which is rfined in the fra'me. j

head 4 and' serves asl a .matrix for the punching tube. Both the'head 4 and the matrixl 41 are provided with agroove42, which is the groove corresponding to the breadth and thickness fof the band. -The punching tube 40 at its upper part', is connected J to or .formed integrally with, a plate 43 placed in 115 the frame head 4, by which it is guided. Between" the plate 43 and the matrix 4 1 are placed one or more springs 43x ora-ny other elastic body or bodies, serving to return the punching tube, after the punching opera- 120 tion.

ln order to produce the downward move l 'mentof the punch the lower plates 31 of the jaws` 31-32 are provided with downwardifv `inclined surfaces 44l and the plate 43 of the125.

punch40 is provided with clined surface 44a. When the jaws'31`and 32 move toward' eachother, and the surfaces 44 act' on the a coacting in- "surfaces 4411i, the punching tube 40 will be`130 1ro intended' 'for the band 39, the. dimensions of caused toniove downward, so that lits edge is driven through the hand 23S), out ot which a capsule blank is thus punched. ',lhc pu'nclicdaiut capsule blank falls onto a shoulder ttt, situated immediately below the matrix Lil, and rests on it, till it comes into contact with a bottle head which is moving upward. .lhe shoulder 45 is formed on a plate 15a which constitutes the lower partio't the head Lt, and which plate supports the matrix ftl.

The moving of the jaws 81 and toward and from each other is effected by the 'following mechanism. The gear 29, lwhich is rotatably.mounted on a shaft 4G fixed in the upper part of the frame head ft, is provided on its lower side (Fig. 6) with a continuous cam groove 47, into which enter pins 48, fixed each on one of the sliding jaws. The said pins 48 which pass up through notches t9 into the traine head 4, are provided with anti't'riction rollers 48, against which the walls ol the groove act. The groove comprises five pairs ot' similar but oppositely located elements or part-s. When the groove parts C-rl-dnring the rotation ott' the gear 20 in the di rection of the arrow (Fig. 6)-engage the pins 4:8, the jaws Ell and 32 are held in their extreme positions; and while so held the rccijn'ocatingr movementiof the bottle support 18-takes place and :the sealed bottle is replaced by one which is to be sealed. 'lVhen thereafter the ,groove parts t'Z-e engage the pins 48, the jaws, in consequence ot Ithe pressure which the louter walls ot the said groove parts exert on the pins are moved somewhat inward, whereby the punching tube 40, in consequence oit' the action of the surfaces List on the surfaces 4st is driven downward t0 the position shown in Figs t and 5, so that its edge pierces the band 89, punching outA a capsule blank which -falls on the shoulder 45; at the same time the bottle which is to he sealed continues to move upward. The` groove parts e-f .then engage the pins 48, and the jaws are held stationary in the position indicated in Figs. 4 and 5 while the bottle still continues to move upward, carrying with it the capsule blank resting' on the bottle head, the outer ringshaped part-of the blank being wrapped by the punching tube 40 around the bottle head. At the end ot' `this movement the bottle head attains its highest position between the jaws, in which position it remains for a moment in consequence of the portion ab on the cain passing' under the roller 17. During this time the groove parts f-g engage the pins 48, which are acted upon by the outer walls-of the groove parts in such a manner that the jaws are pressed farther inward; din-ine' this movement of the jaws the surfaces 33 cn the jaws act on the sinifacesBB on Athe compressor y345s()A that the sealing ol `the `bottle takes place. Thereupon titgi'oovc parts Ir/Mc enu'agc the pins 48, which are acted upon b v the inner walls` ol these groove paris in such a manner that the jaws are nioved out tti-their extreme positions, and the above mentioned .movements are repeated.

(ln account ot' the diauietrical arrangeinent of the 4parts ol the `iroove 4T, the f z'car 2l) need only turn hall' a revolution. while the gear wheel 28 which drives thc disk and which rotates willi thc .saine speedras the cani sha l't ll, turnsl a whole revolution.

.\s will he seen l'roni big. T. which shows the punching tool seen I'roiii below, there is on the oulcr side of the punching tuhc iti a4 projection lo, which serves at thiI punihingr out ol' a capsulil lilanlt' to produce a tongue intended to lic acted upon lor tearing oliI thc capsules` in opcnine' thc bottles.

The shaft .lt is hollow and surrounds in its longitudinal direction anvaxialljl' inoralile Spindle 5t), the upper lirce end of which carries a preferably adjustable weight; ."ll, while to its lower end is lixed a piston or plate 52, which restsI against a capsule blank when the latter, resting' ou a bottle head, mores upward toward the jaws. In order that the capsule blank may he kept centered troni thc very outset ol .its niovcnient `upward l'roin the shoulder Lto, the

piston or plate 52 should he situated iniinediately ahore the capsule blank resting on the shoulder. Vllowever, in order that the lower part ol' the spindle 5() or the plate may not he in the way ot' the band 39 when this is heine' led forward, the following arrangement has been adopted. The spindle 50 is provided with a ridge 50 which passes through a corresponding groove in the fixed shaft Attl, so that the Spindle cannot revolve. A sleeve Ollirinly connected with the spindle 50, is on its under side provided with projections 50, for which cor' responding notches are niade in the nave ot the disk 2t), which nave is prolonged iip wird. When the bottle head moves upward toward the jaws, whereby the capsule blank is jan'nned between the bottle head and the plate .72, no feeding' forward of the band 39 takes place. Vhen the bottle head, after the sealingr has taken place, moves downward, the spindle 5() follows with it, until the projections 50 come to rest on the plane upper side ot' the nave of the gear 29. Thereby the spindle, and the plate 52, are kept at such a height as not to hinder the feeding forward of the band which now takes place. During the continued rotation ot' the gear 29 the projections 50 more down into the correspondingr notches in the nave, so that the plate 52 will engage a capsule blank resting` on the shoulder 45.

The weight 51 can obviously be replaced by a spring or the like.

ening line along which the capsules are.

Before the capsule blanks are punched outl of the bands 39;,fthelatter passes through a contrivanceinwhich the parts'of the band which will subsequently formv the capsule blanks are both stamped or otherwise furj nislied with required information, and perforated, or otherwise provided with a Weak;

opened. In the machine. shown in the drawings, the contrivance in question consists of l rollers (Figs. 4 and 8), the lower oneof which, the so-calledi male roller 53, with". -the aid of a worm-wheel Ifixed on its shaft 54, is di'iven'by the worm wheel 30 on the shaft 25, while the upper roller, the so-called female roller 56, by means of a toothed wheel gearing receives its movement from the male roller. v Carried on the periphery of the roller 53 is a male die member 57 adapt- `ed to coperate with a female die member 58 secured to a flexible plate 59 whieh, in turn,

. .is secured to the peripheryofthe roller 5&6.-

" It will be understood that-.bothtlie male and tso -female die members are removably secured to the rollers which carr'y them. The male die `57 lis also provided with a number of 'projections, serving to punchlout rows of holes in the band 39; eaclipf theserows forms in a iinishedcapsule an opening line, which extends-along half the bottle head (see Fig. '9.) When the bottle has been x opened .by removal ofthe tongue from the capsule, the reinainingportionof the latter maybe used as a temporary cover for the bottle mouth.

l The Shaft 6o of un, female roiief; 56 has es A ends mounted ,eccentrically with reference form of a'roller 63 fitted on elasticarms 62,A

vto the central partupon which the roller 56 is mounted, in consequence ofwhich the female-rollervc'an, in, order to insert the band 39 lbetween the said vroller and'- the male4 roller, be separated from the lat-terv roller. The turning of the shaft 60, whereby also the feeding forward of the bandcan 'be interrupted, is effected with the aid of a crank 61 xedon :one end of the shaft.

It will be understood that the rollers 53 and 56 which are properly dimensioned to eifect the desired amount of-feed.

In order that the band '39 may stop, as soon as its feeding forward ceases, it is acted upon by a brakedevice, preferably in the which roller G3 presses the band against a bridge 64,.eXtending. from therollers 3 7, 38

to the rollers 53, 56'.`

`l From the rollers 53 and'56'thc band' 39 passes to the punching mechai'iisin through a channel'shaped'guide 65. in order that that part of the .band 39, out of'which the capsule blanks has beenpunched, may`not project out from the frame head 4 nndbe in the way,`it canbe cut 0E bit by bit, For this purpose there are placed at the front side of band 39 is fed to the punchingltool 40 by means of thesealing of abottle.

frame head by means of a pin 67, and are at their other end provided each withan obersediby a pin, fixed onVv an arm 69, which jeirtends' from one of the jaws, in consequence from eachother, the shear sh'anks also move toward and from, each (other, thereby cutltlng 0H bit` by bito-.E the punched part of t e carriedawayin a suitable mannen l The machine above described, the operation of lwhich will be clearl7 .understood from 'the foregoing art of the specification, is mainly intended or being driven by movdriven by'hand. In any case the gearings ,with eachother.

Having now` described my invention, what ters Patentjs:

.1; vA machine ing therein a reciprocable tool for punching capsule blanks from a continuous strip of material, lsaid tool having inclined surfaces other in a direction toward and `from' the surfaces, in the paths'ofwhich the inclined surfaces of the tool are situated, and means for forcing said jaws'toward each other with Athe inclinedsurfaces of the tool' to actuate the latter.

2. ln a machine for applying capsules'to bottles and the, like,"the` combination of a toolfor punchingif'o'ut capsule blanks from a said j aws, inclined surfaces on th\e punching tool, the latter surfaces beingacted upon by and from .each otlierin. a direction toward and froni the aXi s of said tool, inclined surfaces on said jaws, .inclined surfaces 'on the punching tool, the latter .surfaces .being theframe head, immediately in front of the mouth of the groove 42, two shear blades 66, -f which are at one end pivotally fixed to the of which, when theljaws move toward and tor, though it can alsobe arranged to be' I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-.4

for sealing bottles', einbodylA i thereon, jaws movable toward and from each strip,' movable jaws, inclined surfaces ontheinclined surfaces on the jaws in order tol reciprocable tool for. punchingl out capsule blanksfrom a strip, jaws movable toward" i -lique groove 68. These grooves 69 are travband.V 39. ,'The' bits thus cut off can bev 4 sol andthe like -in the machine mustv besuch that its different mechanisms work in time aXisfof said tool, said jaws havinginclined whereby the inclined surfaces thereof coact Y 5. In a machine acted 'upon by the inclined surfaces on the jaws to cause the tool to punch out a capsule blank, a rotating disk having a groove therein, and means projecting from the jaws into said groove and by which said jaws are moved toward and from each other 'during rotation of said disks.

4." In a machine for applying capsules to bottles and the like, the combination of a tool for punching out capsule blanks from a strip, movable jaws, a plurality of inclined surfaceson each of said jaws, inclined surfaces on the punching tool, the latter surfaces being acted upon by one of the inclined surfaces on each of the'jaws to 'cause the tool to punchout a capsule blank, a rubber ring, adapted to squeeze the capsule blanks around the necks of the vessels, a compressor for compressing the rubber ring for said operation, inclined surfaces o n the compressor, vwhich latter surfaces are acted upon by another of the inclined surfaces on each of the jaws to cause the compressor to compress the rubber ring for the sealing of a bottle, a rotating disk, a groove in lsaid disk, and means 'extending from the jaws and entering into said groove for joining said disk to said jaws. i

j for applying capsules .to bottles. and the like, the combination of a tool for punching out capsule blanks from a strip,.means for feeding said strip to said tool, movable jaws, inclined surfaces on said jaws,`,inclined surfaces on the punching tool,

the latter surfaces being acted upon by the, inclined surfaces on the jaws to cause the tool topunch out a capsuleblank, and a device for successively cutting pieces oil' from that part of the strip out of which capsule blanks have been punched.

6. In a machine for applying capsules t-o bottles and the like, the combination of a reciprocablegtool for punching out capsule blanks from a strip, jaws movable ytoward and from each other in a direction toward and from the axis of the tool, inclined surfaces on said jaws, inclined surfaces on the punching tool, the latter surfacesbeing acted upon by the inclined surfaces on the jawsto cause the tool to punch out a capsule blank, and a pair of rollers for feeding the capsule blank stripfto the punching device.

7. In a machine for applying capsules yto bottles and thelike, the combination of a tool for punching out capsule blanksfrom a strip, meansfor -feeding' said strip tosaid tool, movablejaws,.incline'd surfaces on said jaws, inclined surfaces on the unching tool,

the latter surfaces'being-acte .upon by. the

inclined surfaces on the jaws to cause the tool to punch out 'a capsule blank, a roller provided with a male die member for stamping indications in the capsule blank strip,

and a roller provided with a female dietool to uneh out a capsule blank,a roller provided with a male die member for producing in the capsule blank strip weakening lines, and a roller provided with a female diemember coacting with said male die member.

y 9. In a machine for applying capsules to tool for punching out capsule blanks from a strip, movable jaws, inclined surfaces on,

said jaws, inclined surfaces on the punching -tool, the latter surfaces being. acted'upon by the inclined surfaces on the jaws in order to cause the tool to punch out a capsule blank,

a support on which the bottles to be providedI -with capsules rest and lwhich is movable toward and from the punching tool, and a shield against which the vessels are placed and which is adjustable on the support to hold the vessels in proper alinement with the punching tool.

10. In a machine for applying capsules to bottles and the like, the combination of al tool for punching out capsule blanks from a strip, movable jaws, inclined surfaces on said jaws, inclined surfaces on the punching tool, thelatter surfaces being acted upon by the inclined surfaces lon the jaws to cause ,the tool to punch out a capsule blank, a 'supportf on which the bottles to be provided v with capsules rest and which is movable toward and from the punching tool,v a shield against which the bottles are placed and which is. adjustable on the support to hold 4the g bottles in proper alinement with the punching tool, and a'cam moving the support toward and from the punching tool and arranged to hold the bottle at rest` during the Asealing operation.

. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ANDERS ANDERSSN ROSENGREN. Witnesses:

E. HED'ENSKY, A. L-AnsoN.

upon by the inclined surfaces on the jaws .to cause the bottles and the like, the combination of a 

